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Q.Our 25-year-old daughter has been in a close relationship with a
divorcé in his late forties for several years, and has now announced that
they are engaged. When we first met the man two years ago, my husband and I
were not at all happy with the situation, but we hoped that it would fizzle
out and she would meet someone younger. This has not happened — on the
contrary, they are now planning marriage. He has young children by his first
wife, has no house of his own, lives with his brother and is a plumber. We
can’t possibly